Police arrest Newmarket felon for allegedly having 39 weapons in home

NEWMARKET — Police arrested a local man after they seized 39 weapons from his home on Tuesday, according to Police Lt. Kyle True.

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By Jeff McMenemy

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By Jeff McMenemy

Posted Jul. 23, 2013 at 10:12 PM
Updated Jul 23, 2013 at 11:49 PM

By Jeff McMenemy

Posted Jul. 23, 2013 at 10:12 PM
Updated Jul 23, 2013 at 11:49 PM

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NEWMARKET — Police arrested a local man after they seized 39 weapons from his home on Tuesday, according to Police Lt. Kyle True.

True said police found the weapons at a 20 Durrell Drive home, including pistols, revolvers, shotguns and rifles.

They also recovered more than “1,000 rounds of ammunition,” from the home of Brian Croall, 44, in what True said is the biggest seizure of weapons by Newmarket Police that he can remember.

“He is not allowed by law to possess or have under his control now that he is a convicted felon any weapons,” True said Tuesday night. “I would say anyone who ... has been ordered by a court not to have weapons and he defies that order, we do believe he is a danger.”

Police rearrested Croall at the Rockingham County Jail on Tuesday night, where he is being held after being arrested last week multiple charges for allegedly tagging multiple street signs with racist graffiti.

A bail commissioner set Croall's bail at $100,000 cash Tuesday night and the suspect is scheduled to be arraigned this morning.

Croall lives in a residential neighborhood about one-quarter of a mile from Newmarket Elementary School.

Police charged him Tuesday night with being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a narcotic drug and possession of a controlled drug. True declined to say what drugs were seized from Croall's home. Police believe Croall had been living alone in the home.

“At this time, we do not know why he had the firearms,” True said.

Police discovered the weapons when they went to execute a search warrant they had applied for and received and “found other items that were in plain view.”

They immediately stopped the search, applied for and received a second search warrant and ended up seizing the weapons.

An affidavit filed in Brentwood District Court in connection with last week's arrest of Croall said the suspect referred to Trayvon Martin by a racial slur in one of his taggings, and described George Zimmerman as a “hero.”

Zimmerman was recently cleared of murder charges in connection with the 17-year-old's death in a case that attracted national headlines and seemed to split many Americans along racial lines.

Croall was charged last week with one felony count of criminal mischief, two misdemeanor counts of criminal threatening and one misdemeanor count of theft by unauthorized taking. He was being held on $25,000 cash bail before Newmarket Police rearrested him Tuesday night.

Croall was convicted of reckless conduct on Aug. 29, 2012, in connection with a November 2011 incident in the parking lot of a Seabrook bar, when he threatened to “shoot up” the place and fired a round from his gun into the air because he thought someone had stolen his car radio.

It turned out, according to police reports at the time, that Croall had gotten into the wrong car.